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germinate
[germinate 词源字典]
germinate:
see
germ
[germinate etymology, germinate origin, 英语词源]
germinate (v.)
c. 1600, probably a back-formation from
germination
. Figurative use from 1640s. Related:
Germinated
;
germinating
. Earlier
germynen
(mid-15c.) was from Old French
germiner
or directly from Latin
germinare
.